The police at Thatchanallur in Tirunelveli district have arrested six persons of an intermediate caste for allegedly assaulting, stripping and urinating on two Scheduled Caste youths on Monday.
The police said Manoj Kumar, 21, and his friend Mariappan, 19, of Manimurtheeswaram, had gone to the Thamirabarani to take a bath. While they were returning home, the accused, who were allegedly consuming liquor near the river, stopped them and asked them about their native place and their caste.
